Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 5 March 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 March 2018 (named day). It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 March 2018 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Small Business Research Initiative

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy how much funding from the public purse was allocated though the Small Business Research Initiative programme by each Government Department in 2016-17.

Answer

The value of Small Business Research Initiative contracts in 2016/17 as reported to Innovate UK by Departments is set out below:

Department/Public Body	Total Contract Value (£k)
Department for Business Innovation and Skills	£649
Department of Health	£20,579
NHS England	£13,437
Home Office	£4,777
MoD	£13,996
NC3Rs (National Centre for Replacement and Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research)	£2,294
Department for Culture Media and Sport	£450
Department for Education	£125
Department for International Development	£497
UK Space Agency	£737
Innovate UK	£2,028
Devolved Administrations	£14,811
Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) projects	£4,641
Total	£79,021
Source: Innovate UK Management Data

Secondary information